The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal (Συγγραφέας), McDonald, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Hosseini-Chavoshi, Meimanat (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Social Sciences, general.

Confounding all conventional wisdom, the fertility rate in the Islamic Republic of Iran fell from around 7.0 births per woman in the early 1980s to 1.9 births per woman in 2006. That this, the largest and fastest fall in fertility ever recorded, should have occurred in one of the world’s few Islamic...

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• The Fall in Iranian Fertility: Theoretical Considerations
• The Social, Economic and Cultural Contexts of Population Policy Changes in Iran
• National and Provincial Level Fertility Trends in Iran, 1972–2006
• Fertility Dynamics Using Parity Progression Ratios
• Effects of Marital Fertility and Nuptiality on Fertility Transition in Iran, 1976–2006
• Contraceptive Use: Trends, Levels and Correlates
• Contraceptive Use Dynamics: Life Time Use
• A Cohort Perspective on Changes in Family, Fertility Behaviour and Attitudes
• Women's Autonomy and Fertility Behaviour
• Explanations of the Past and Expectations of the Future of Fertility in Iran.